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Film: New Zealand court fines US actor Chris Pine for drink driving

YoopyaMar 17, 2014September 26, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. film actor and Star Trek star Chris Pine pleaded guilty in a New Zealand court to drink-driving and was fined and disqualified

New Zealand adopts main island names

YoopyaOct 10, 2013March 10, 20240

New Zealand has formally adopted names in English and Maori for its two main islands. In English, they will be known as the North Island

Third time lucky for Colm Toibin on Man Booker prize shortlist?

YoopyaSep 10, 2013October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Six tales from gold-rush New Zealand to Zimbabwe to the English countryside and elsewhere on the planet were shortlisted for the 2013 Man

Fonterra says China-bound milk powder halted in May for high nitrite

YoopyaAug 22, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – New Zealand’s Fonterra, the world’s biggest dairy exporter caught up in a contamination scandal earlier this month, said on Thursday it was also

Interest grows in New Zealand’s designer drug law

YoopyaAug 2, 20130

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A novel New Zealand law that could legalize some designer drugs is being scrutinized with interest by other countries struggling

NZ article reopens debate on spying on journalists

YoopyaJul 29, 20130

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand on Monday disputed a newspaper report saying its military conspired with U.S. spy agencies to monitor a freelance

Lucifer, Anal and Mafia No Fear: The astonishing names which parents wanted to give to their newborn babies

YoopyaMay 2, 2013May 21, 20230

Officials in New Zealand have released a list of bizarre baby names put forward by parents Naming a child is one of the most difficult

New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage

YoopyaApr 17, 20130

New Zealand’s parliament has legalised same-sex marriage, the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. Lawmakers approved the bill, amending the 1955 marriage

NZ cricketer Jesse Ryder in a coma after attack

YoopyaMar 28, 20130

New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder is in a medically induced coma after being attacked twice in quick succession as he left a Christchurch bar, police

Coca-Cola drinking ‘linked to New Zealander’s death’

YoopyaFeb 12, 20130

Drinking large quantities of Coca-Cola was a “substantial factor” in the death of a 30-year-old woman in New Zealand, a coroner has said. Natasha Harris,